Real life applications for a cash flow worksheet vary widely, from stock analysis to project finance, even the government! This is a real life case study of a financial analyst using a cash flow worksheet at a civil engineering firm to forecast the profitability of a bridge project. It demonstrates some universal components of such a project, as well as one unique way to estimate long term value.

Similarly, if you want to add multiple lines of text in to a single cell, you can go that particular cell and use the key combinations Alt and Enter to create line breaks and start typing in the next line. If you want to edit the contents of a cell without changing the formatting feature of the cell, you can select that cell, then press F2 and then press delete key in the keyboard to delete the existing content and then enter the new content.

When you write out your budgeted start-up and monthly costs, also include a column that will show the "actual" expenditures. This way, you know exactly where your money is going, and where you need to make adjustments.